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the republican party cannot afford to have steve israel run for senate and lose -- >> you mean steve king? >> say that again? i'm sorry, steve king. >> steve israel, democrat -- >> yes. >> karl rove likes to pretend it was todd akin and richard mourdock who lost the election but wasn't it george w. bush, the monster to karl rove's dr. frankenstein who lost the election for republicans? >> well, he certainly did his part. i would -- as did karl rove. >> exactly. >> wouldn't you love to be in the meetings with donors when the donor says tell us what you've been up to recently, karl? what races have you won? that's going ton an interesting meeting. more importantly, one of the things i find so interesting, there's an element of chickens coming home to roost because when you don't stand up against birtherism and some of the other conspiracy theories and you let these things fester within the base of your party and then candidates run on some of those sort of wacky ideas, yeah, you know what? they're probably going to lose. and so now they're having to sort of internally deal with a probl
the republican party cannot afford to have steve israel run for senate and lose -- >> you mean steve king? >> say that again? i'm sorry, steve king. >> steve israel, democrat -- >> yes. >> karl rove likes to pretend it was todd akin and richard mourdock who lost the election but wasn't it george w. bush, the monster to karl rove's dr. frankenstein who lost the election for republicans? >> well, he certainly did his part. i would -- as did karl rove. >>...
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obviously, as steve pointed out that is no longer going to be possible. >> steve, it was striking during the republican primary to see newt gingrich, for example, who made a plea for humane treatment in here. and for consideration about families and family unity, kinds of issues that you would -- he framed it in a way that you could imagine appealing to conservatives. and he pretty much got booed by the republican primary debate audience when he tried that. but it seems that the mccains of the world were watching that and realized that if this election goes the other way they're obviously going to have to find their way back to where you know, john mccain used to be. >> there is no doubt between 2007 and 2012, just recently as november this was an issue that as a republican if you went out and talked about you have to solve this problem, that we have to deal in a compassionate way with the people that are already in the room. after a loss, this is a math issue, it is pretty simple to look at it. i think the people of the party have an interest of winning elections because if we don't win
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they want tea party birther guy steve king. steve king polls way ahead of his next closest primary challenger. the more moderate republican congressman tom latham. steve king ahead by 17 points in that republican primary matchup when you look at the polls. of course, when you put steve king up against the likely winner of the democratic primary, and you actually poll the whole state, all likely midterm voters in iowa, steve king, the tea party birther king guy loses to democratic congressman bruce braley. but just counter factual here, let's say the wacky tea party guy, the birther steve king guy didn't run off with the primary, look what happens when you poll statewide among likely voters and ask them to choose between the not steve king guy and the democrat, actually, the republican guy wins. in other words, the whole state of iowa would rather have the more moderate republican guy. but if you do not give them that choice in the general election, if republicans decide that what they're offering is just the birther guy, just t
they want tea party birther guy steve king. steve king polls way ahead of his next closest primary challenger. the more moderate republican congressman tom latham. steve king ahead by 17 points in that republican primary matchup when you look at the polls. of course, when you put steve king up against the likely winner of the democratic primary, and you actually poll the whole state, all likely midterm voters in iowa, steve king, the tea party birther king guy loses to democratic congressman...
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. >> oh, steve, i know. >> i have to ask that question. come on. i mean, you're sitting here together. everybody is talking about it already. and this is taking place. >> you know, steve, i've got to tell you. you guys in the press are incorrigible. i was literally inaugurated four days ago. and you're talking about elections four years from now. >> and i am, as you know, steve, i am still secretary of state. so i am out of politics. and i'm forbidden from even hearing these questions. >> as steve martin would famously say excuse me. they asked to come on "60 minutes." they liked the press coverage they got today and last night. they love the fact they're talking about it or they wouldn't have done the show. it just seems to be weird on the part of the president. >> did you see the body language only hillary? that is a woman that knows that the presidency is basically hers for the taking if she wants it? who could stop her. she is as relaxed as i've ever seen her. the best thing to do is step back, get out of this job right now and spend t
. >> oh, steve, i know. >> i have to ask that question. come on. i mean, you're sitting here together. everybody is talking about it already. and this is taking place. >> you know, steve, i've got to tell you. you guys in the press are incorrigible. i was literally inaugurated four days ago. and you're talking about elections four years from now. >> and i am, as you know, steve, i am still secretary of state. so i am out of politics. and i'm forbidden from even hearing...
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lloyd blankstein, steve case, marissa mayer. and we're not getting enough visas to highly skilled workers. >> this has been going on for years and years and years, that there's been a shortage of engineers, people with sci-tech backgrounds in the valleys. and this is only going to advance. because industry right now in america is becoming automated, you need a lot more phds, people with deep math backgrounds, and we don't churn enough of those people out in this country. that's a no brainer. but the union deal is very, very interesting. one of the more contentious parts of the debate is the lower end of the spectrum. what do you do about creating a path to legalize immigration for people who are coming in with lower skill sets. but it's impossible to find a serious piece of economic evidence that low-end immigration is overall bad for the economy. it's good. it's a net -- it's a net positive for the economy. all kinds of immigration. because those folks that are coming in. particularly if they're on a path to legalization, are n
lloyd blankstein, steve case, marissa mayer. and we're not getting enough visas to highly skilled workers. >> this has been going on for years and years and years, that there's been a shortage of engineers, people with sci-tech backgrounds in the valleys. and this is only going to advance. because industry right now in america is becoming automated, you need a lot more phds, people with deep math backgrounds, and we don't churn enough of those people out in this country. that's a no...
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so, steve, how much was this politics and how much was this genuine, you know, policy concern? >> well, i think it was politics and policy and third, and i think it was personal. john mccain was the author of the surge of troops to iraq at the end of the administration, pushed it hard, took a lot of heat, including from the right. he takes it personal when chuck hagel calls it the bigst debacle since vietnam. and senator hagel dodging the question on whether he agreed with the same statement. hag mccain was getting testy and hagel was dodging. it was one of the key military decisions in the past ten years, and if senator hagel is the top military adviser to the president, they want to explore his thinking on that. and politics, trying to portray senator hagel as anti israel plays well to some interest groups, and that's much more politics. >> to pull from a football term given the weekend, it seems like he was fumbling around. was he not as well prepared as he ought to have been? >> no doubt, senators walked out of the hearing shaking their head, from both sides, democrats and
so, steve, how much was this politics and how much was this genuine, you know, policy concern? >> well, i think it was politics and policy and third, and i think it was personal. john mccain was the author of the surge of troops to iraq at the end of the administration, pushed it hard, took a lot of heat, including from the right. he takes it personal when chuck hagel calls it the bigst debacle since vietnam. and senator hagel dodging the question on whether he agreed with the same...
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steve, help me out here. i think the democrats are holding a losing hand if they come back and ask for more taxes. they talk about raising tax rates on anybody. but if we're talking about closing loopholes, carried interest, sort of doing what warren buffett said, you know, he shouldn't be paying 16 -- that argument goes with most americans. is that what we're talking about now? >> essentially. so here's where the fight is. >> not higher rates but closing these loopholes. >> the president is not going to come back and ask for higher rates. i think we're done on higher rates. what he's saying is let's close some of these loopholes. the ones he mentioned happen not to be the biggest money savers. but then he's saying let's take that money and add it to the revenue pot to help balance the budget. the republicans are saying, fine, let's do those things, but let's use that money to lower rates. so that's where the battle's going to be fought between the republicans wanting to use that tax reform money to lower rat
steve, help me out here. i think the democrats are holding a losing hand if they come back and ask for more taxes. they talk about raising tax rates on anybody. but if we're talking about closing loopholes, carried interest, sort of doing what warren buffett said, you know, he shouldn't be paying 16 -- that argument goes with most americans. is that what we're talking about now? >> essentially. so here's where the fight is. >> not higher rates but closing these loopholes. >>...
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steve king and paul broun have been around for a long time. when the party stands up and says these are the guys they want, they know who they're talking about. they know who these guys are. and it is what they choose. so if you were a republican party stalwart, if you were part of the republican party and you loved the republican party and you wanted what was best for the republican party, what would you do at a time like this? what would you say? how would you try to fix this problem? well, today in washington house majority leader eric cantor tried something, and he does this from time to time, as he tries to be taken seriously as a leader of his party, or at least as a potential leader of his party. in 2010, eric cantor launched his young guns thing. young guns, presumably to try to supplant the old guns in the party. he then launched something called cut and grow so you at home could set the republican party's agenda instead of the old guys in the party who are setting the party's agenda. in 2009 he launched something called the national
steve king and paul broun have been around for a long time. when the party stands up and says these are the guys they want, they know who they're talking about. they know who these guys are. and it is what they choose. so if you were a republican party stalwart, if you were part of the republican party and you loved the republican party and you wanted what was best for the republican party, what would you do at a time like this? what would you say? how would you try to fix this problem? well,...
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republicans may be in for another soul searching primary crisis as tom latham and extreme conservative steve king may both have their eyes on that senate seat. we'll be right back.
republicans may be in for another soul searching primary crisis as tom latham and extreme conservative steve king may both have their eyes on that senate seat. we'll be right back.
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for being here, steve. it's always great to see you. >> thanks, rachel. >> all right. we've got another packed show tonight, including the absolute best reason to watch the super bowl. with all due respect to the ravens and the 49ers and beyo e beyonce, we've got a better reason. lots more to come. f. [ female announcer ] stop searching and start repairing. eucerin professional repair moisturizes while actually repairing very dry skin. the end of trial and error has arrived. try a free sample at eucerinus.com. ♪ many hot dogs are within you. try pepto-bismol to-go, it's the power of pepto, but it fits in your pocket. now tell the world daniel... of pepto-bismol to-go. now tell the world daniel... all stations come over to mithis is for real this time. step seven point two one two. verify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one. standing by for capture. the most innovative software on the planet... dragon is captured. is connecting today's leading companies to places beyond it. siemens.
for being here, steve. it's always great to see you. >> thanks, rachel. >> all right. we've got another packed show tonight, including the absolute best reason to watch the super bowl. with all due respect to the ravens and the 49ers and beyo e beyonce, we've got a better reason. lots more to come. f. [ female announcer ] stop searching and start repairing. eucerin professional repair moisturizes while actually repairing very dry skin. the end of trial and error has arrived. try a...
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for being here, steve. it's always great to see you. >> thanks, rachel. >> all right. we've got another packed show tonight, including the absolute best reason to watch the super bowl. with all due respect to the ravens and the 49ers and beyonce, we've got a better reason. lots more to come. 8th, five days later, i had a massive heart attack. bayer aspirin was the first thing the emts gave me. now, i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. [ woman ] learn from my story. like say, gas station sushi. cheap is good. and sushi, good. but cheap sushi, not so good. it's like that super-low rate on not enough car insurance. pretty sketchy. ♪ and then there are the good decisions. like esurance. their coverage counselor tool helps you choose the right coverage for you at a great price. [ stomach growls ] without feeling queasy. that's insurance for the modern world. esurance. now backed by allstate. click or call. ♪ don't know what i'd
for being here, steve. it's always great to see you. >> thanks, rachel. >> all right. we've got another packed show tonight, including the absolute best reason to watch the super bowl. with all due respect to the ravens and the 49ers and beyonce, we've got a better reason. lots more to come. 8th, five days later, i had a massive heart attack. bayer aspirin was the first thing the emts gave me. now, i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor...
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steve russert grilling bill diblasio. thank you. >> thank you. >>> straight ahead, a senate vote on the debt ceiling in 30 minutes. what we expect to happen there and what it means for the larger budget bat until d.c. asional have constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues... with three strains of good bacteria. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. behind the silver of philadelphia cream cheese. it always begins with fresh, local milk, blended with real wholesome cream. going fresh from the farm, to our fridge, in just six days. because we believe in fresh taste. that's the way we set the standard for intensely rich, luscious flavor. so our story of fresh taste always ends... deliciously. when it comes to taste, philadelphia sets the standard. >>> in the next hour, the senate is expected to vote on and pass the house's debt ceiling deal. a bill that su spends the debt limit for four months and foregoes the threat
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>> i think that the election results eastbound though as you mentioned, steve, a lot of these guys in safer districts than in the last election due to gerrymandering, whatnot, folks in the gop leadership very mindful to get on the right side of history with latinos. the fastest growing immigrant group as we know and talking to boehner, cantor, mccarthy, they want the move forward on this and enough rank and file to realize they need to get in better with latino groups and would you have a same problem of house republicans curtailing a deal? probably not because if marco rubio is someone when's very well liked by a bunch of conservative house republicans, if they get something through the senate with rubio's name attached to it, it's difficult not to move forward and you have seen things over the last year, give you an example, the fiscal cliff deal, the way that passed out of the u.s. senate with overwhelming bipartisan support, went to the house and house republicans angry about it and wanted to stop it. guess what. they folded at the end. but i'm going back to something i mentioned
>> i think that the election results eastbound though as you mentioned, steve, a lot of these guys in safer districts than in the last election due to gerrymandering, whatnot, folks in the gop leadership very mindful to get on the right side of history with latinos. the fastest growing immigrant group as we know and talking to boehner, cantor, mccarthy, they want the move forward on this and enough rank and file to realize they need to get in better with latino groups and would you have a...
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tom latham, steve king. is this a place where you guys expect to be clashing? >> i don't know. there are no candidates yet. nobody has decided they're going to run. tom latham has a less than stellar score with us on economic issues. and, you know, steve king ran a very disciplined race in a very competitive race in 2012 against vilsack who was well funded. so i think we have to look at what the candidate field is and the relative difference between the candidate. shngets that matter as you are vetting in this race. you look at steve king and think he's not electable statewide and yet he beat vilsack and democrats were following him around with video cameras hoping to catch him in a todd akin moment, and they never did. >> we put $400,000 into that race in support of him this last go around. but i think the question i was raising in "the new york times" piece was simply that candidate vetting, what people say, what they have done, what they might do in the future has got to be an ingredient in deciding who you are going to support down the road. >> we vet candidates all day eve
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steve? it seems to me that border security is this thing that is actually working and republicans use to say we will never agree to a pathway. we will keep holding this up forever. >> the border has never been so enforced as it is foeds. they should read the immigration reform and control act to see how they do different border enforcement. with that being said, i want to point out it's not just about the border. the border is enforced, but it's about the technology and the visa tracking system. anywhere from 30 to 50% of undocumented folks in this country today came here legally. they came here with a visa or by plane or boat or car. if we just focus on the border, we are missing half of the picture. >> thank you. good luck tomorrow. >> thank you. take care. >> she can't lose. boy or girl. it doesn't matter. it's a win-win. >> straight ahead, steve is quivering with excitement for this one. kerry's move to state. a huge day in massachusetts politics. favorites and no name anointed in a come
steve? it seems to me that border security is this thing that is actually working and republicans use to say we will never agree to a pathway. we will keep holding this up forever. >> the border has never been so enforced as it is foeds. they should read the immigration reform and control act to see how they do different border enforcement. with that being said, i want to point out it's not just about the border. the border is enforced, but it's about the technology and the visa tracking...
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joining us now is steve clemons with the new america foundation. steve writes at the "atlantic" magazine where he's washington editor at large. steve thanks so much for being here. >> good to be with you, rachel. >> in that face-off between john mccain and chuck hagel we're obviously seeing a great difference in temperament, a great difference in focus. but how do you -- a, how do you judge that face off? but how also do you compare the way these two men view the bush-era wars in afghanistan and iraq? what's the difference between them? >> well, a couple of things. first of all, chuck hagel probably deserves another purple heart after today's hearing. and i think the other thing you saw, two great heroes, two titans of american senatorial politics really, john mccain and chuck hagel, who ripped apart over a very principal difference about deploying men and women in iraq. and that is i think really the crux of it. i don't think hagel wanted to tell john mccain that oh, your policy may have appeared cosmetically to succeed in a really failed war that
joining us now is steve clemons with the new america foundation. steve writes at the "atlantic" magazine where he's washington editor at large. steve thanks so much for being here. >> good to be with you, rachel. >> in that face-off between john mccain and chuck hagel we're obviously seeing a great difference in temperament, a great difference in focus. but how do you -- a, how do you judge that face off? but how also do you compare the way these two men view the bush-era...
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we have sam stein and steve rattner. joining me at the table in new york is "new york times" columnist, gail collins and associate editor of the "washington post" eugene robinson. also the bbc's katty kay. it's great to have all of you guys with us here today. thank you so much. steve rattner, this time yesterday we had paul krugman on the show. you actually said in an e-mail talking about your concerns krugman suggested we don't have to worry about long term debt so much, deficits, long term debt number 5, maybe number 6 on the list. you took exception to it and said denying the coming debt was like being a climate change denier. >> i think actually mika started that analogy and paul krugman basically said the opposite. to me, being a debt denier is the same thing as being a climate change denier. we're putting tons of carbon in our atmosphere we have to deal with and incurring billions of debt everyday we have to deal with. they're the same problems. do you recognize they're problems and deal with them or sit and let t
we have sam stein and steve rattner. joining me at the table in new york is "new york times" columnist, gail collins and associate editor of the "washington post" eugene robinson. also the bbc's katty kay. it's great to have all of you guys with us here today. thank you so much. steve rattner, this time yesterday we had paul krugman on the show. you actually said in an e-mail talking about your concerns krugman suggested we don't have to worry about long term debt so much,...
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. >>> i'm steve kornacki. is football worth dying for? former players take on the nfl trying to save the league if itself. >>> i'm kristal ball. >> my plea to beyonce. maybe i'll sing it. watch and find out. >>> one of the ben filths of having the worldwide resources of nbc news behind you is that you get exclusives like this. the doj memo that explains why it believes it's perfectly legal for the president to kill any american overseas who's a suspected senior terror leader. according to the 16-page memo, the executive branch doesn't have to answer to anyone, not the courts, not congress. no one. it lays out a three-part kill list criteria, step one, informed high level u.s. official has determined the target poses a, quote, iminnocent threat of violent attack and clear evidence of an attack is not required. step two, capture must be, quote, infeasible. and step three, the strike must be conducted according to, quote, laws of war principles. but this isn't a just in case guideline. the targeted killings of u.s. citizens have already happ
. >>> i'm steve kornacki. is football worth dying for? former players take on the nfl trying to save the league if itself. >>> i'm kristal ball. >> my plea to beyonce. maybe i'll sing it. watch and find out. >>> one of the ben filths of having the worldwide resources of nbc news behind you is that you get exclusives like this. the doj memo that explains why it believes it's perfectly legal for the president to kill any american overseas who's a suspected senior...
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ramesh, susan, steve. on friday morning, we knew that scott brown was releasing a statement. the minute he said that you sort of knew where the writing was. i was surprised by some of the reporting that said he shocked republicans by not running. i would have been shocked if he had run. >> we think he's going to run for governor. probably a better race for him and maybe a better job. people who have worked in the senate might think being governor is a better place to be. >> steve, we were reminding folks on friday that martha cokely got 47%. if on the republicans' greatest day of all time, low democratic point in massachusetts, and your ceiling is 53, it's not going to happen. >> it's not going to happen for that reason. >> even if your name is scott brown, after his whole -- this time they had actually run a campaign against him. >> that's exactly my point. the democrats were sort of snuck up on last time. that wouldn't happen again. scott brown, really, if anybody runs, democrats will make sure massachusetts elects a democrat. >> but there is a history of moderate massachus
ramesh, susan, steve. on friday morning, we knew that scott brown was releasing a statement. the minute he said that you sort of knew where the writing was. i was surprised by some of the reporting that said he shocked republicans by not running. i would have been shocked if he had run. >> we think he's going to run for governor. probably a better race for him and maybe a better job. people who have worked in the senate might think being governor is a better place to be. >> steve,...
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steve, it's great to see you. thanks for being here. >> thank you, rachel. >> if the advice has to start with stop saying "send them all back" and "anchor babies", does that mean that we are beyond this level of advice? >> well, the first rule of hole digging is when you're in one, stop digging. so there are some encouraging signs on the republican side. and i think people are waking up to the political reality that the republican party will never again win a presidential election if we stay on the trend line that we have been on since 2004 with hispanic voters in the country. the electorate will be 2% less white in 2016 than it was in 2012, which was 2% less white than it was in 2008. so the republican party is going to have to figure out how to talk to this community through a prism of respect before we can even begin to make the case on issues and empowerment. >> you know, that same demographic truth about the latino electorate and republicans' difficulty with communicating with the latino electorate, that was
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let's bring in steve mcmahon and michael steele. michael, for the defense, is the republican party capable of garnering all kinds of fringe voters, people on the very hard right, without having right wing candidates as your nominees and losing elections? how do they do both? >> look, this whole idea of having another pac is just to me -- it's just too out there. all you have to do to get together, organize at the state parties, put the state parties in charge of the political process. when i was state chairman, when i was a county chairman, i had to instill the discipline at the state level to make sure we were grooming and developing the kind of candidates you want to run. you just can't leave it to an open process and then swing in with yet another pac that's going to divert money away from the state, concentrated here for consultants and vendors in washington, and then complain afterwards, as we saw in 2012, when you get your clock cleaned again, oh, gee, it's the candidates, oh, gee, it's the state party. there's got to be a con
let's bring in steve mcmahon and michael steele. michael, for the defense, is the republican party capable of garnering all kinds of fringe voters, people on the very hard right, without having right wing candidates as your nominees and losing elections? how do they do both? >> look, this whole idea of having another pac is just to me -- it's just too out there. all you have to do to get together, organize at the state parties, put the state parties in charge of the political process....
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where will steve pierce be during the address? his announcement yesterday, public hearing on the chicken is the same day of the state of the union. pearce will be attending a meeting on a chicken to the endangerered species list. >>> and their top staffers would rather forget. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. i'm lorenzo. i work for 47 different companies. well, technically i work for one. that company, the united states postal service®, works for thousands of home businesses. because at usps.com®, you can pay, print and have your packages picked up for free. i can even drop off free boxes. i wear a lot of hats. well, technically i wear one. the u.s. postal service®, no business too small. with multiple lacerations to the wing and a fractured beak. surgery was successful, but he will be in a cast until it is fully healed, possibly several months. so, if the duck isn't able to work, how will he pay for his living expenses? aflac. like his rent and car payments? aflac. what about gas and groceries? aflac. cell
where will steve pierce be during the address? his announcement yesterday, public hearing on the chicken is the same day of the state of the union. pearce will be attending a meeting on a chicken to the endangerered species list. >>> and their top staffers would rather forget. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. i'm lorenzo. i work for 47 different companies. well, technically i work for one. that company, the united states postal service®, works for...
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that's kind of a hackneyed question and the president said you're incorrigible, steve. but he did it in kind of a clever way by saying is there a time limit on your endorsement of secretary clinton in terms of 2016. and there were a couple of other things that he did in terms of getting in important questions in ways that were not too confrontational. easy for those guys to say it's a whiffle ball interview. i don't think any of them have ever done it. and i thought it was hilarious that on "fox & friends" they raise the question of was she pushed? this is vince foster was killed stuff. was she pushed. that's the ultimate idiotic conspiracy theory that somebody was trying to do in the secretary of state. >> why do you think the president did it? why do you think he did it? >> oh, he did it for pretty obvious reasons. >> she is pretty popular. that can't hurt. >> he wanted to make it clear as she is leaving office that they really were a team, that they were on the same page, and to thank her, as he said, because kroft actually asked her, you know, why are you doing this
that's kind of a hackneyed question and the president said you're incorrigible, steve. but he did it in kind of a clever way by saying is there a time limit on your endorsement of secretary clinton in terms of 2016. and there were a couple of other things that he did in terms of getting in important questions in ways that were not too confrontational. easy for those guys to say it's a whiffle ball interview. i don't think any of them have ever done it. and i thought it was hilarious that on...
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. >> going back to steve's point and the reality of this, how do you convince democrats to both protect the programs that you are talking about and not worry so much about entitlement reform or sort of stick to their idea of entitlement without giving one or the other up? >> it's an important question and i am glad you asked that. one thing we have to think about is what we need to take care of. the fastest growing segment of the population right now. those who are 65 and older. when we are talking about that, i don't like to use the word entitlements. what we are talking about is our parents and grandparents going to be able to care for themselves after they stop working and will they have a health care they need? it's something we have to talk about and how we take care of the needs of our elderly as the fastest growing population. this is one of the things that suggested what we should do is slow down. we should take these measures that are requiring us to speed up and make fast decisions when we have time to figure out how to do it right and how to do it in a way to invest in our fu
. >> going back to steve's point and the reality of this, how do you convince democrats to both protect the programs that you are talking about and not worry so much about entitlement reform or sort of stick to their idea of entitlement without giving one or the other up? >> it's an important question and i am glad you asked that. one thing we have to think about is what we need to take care of. the fastest growing segment of the population right now. those who are 65 and older....
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lots of folks watching that race there, where republican congressman steve king is a potential candidate for the senate seat being vacated by the retiring tom harkin. crossroads president steven law says they're concerned about king's quote, todd aiken problem. what's your thought? is it going to get worse before it gets better here? will this move help in 2014? or is it 2016? >> i think there will be bruising changes that are going to go on within the republican party. with all due respect to john which i think spoke about pragmatism which i really do agree with, however, it's the philosophy of the overall republican party. while i may not agree with everything senator rubio did, he's actually saying wait, our government can help resolve this immigration problem. that's what i think will serve them better in the longer term, the philosophy really does align more with the moderate republicanism of president eisenhower, even frankly, president reagan. >> on immigration, the tea party is split on that issue right now. thank you so much. >>> we're learning more today about a disturbing stor
lots of folks watching that race there, where republican congressman steve king is a potential candidate for the senate seat being vacated by the retiring tom harkin. crossroads president steven law says they're concerned about king's quote, todd aiken problem. what's your thought? is it going to get worse before it gets better here? will this move help in 2014? or is it 2016? >> i think there will be bruising changes that are going to go on within the republican party. with all due...
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. >>> and ashton kutcher tweeted a photo of himself as middle-aged steve jobs and the resemblance is uncanny. >>> a military student made an online video to get a date to a military ball with miss texas. >> look at yourself. now look at me. now back at yourself, now back to me. sadly, you aren't me but you could be with me. >> he received a shocking reply after miss texas saw his old spice invite
. >>> and ashton kutcher tweeted a photo of himself as middle-aged steve jobs and the resemblance is uncanny. >>> a military student made an online video to get a date to a military ball with miss texas. >> look at yourself. now look at me. now back at yourself, now back to me. sadly, you aren't me but you could be with me. >> he received a shocking reply after miss texas saw his old spice invite
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the first target could be in iowa where representative steve king is considering running for the congress in 2014 but the head of the conservative fund the conservative defeat project telling politico, another example of the republican establish's hostility toward its conservative base rather than listening to the grass roots and working to advance their principles, the establishment has chosen to declare war on the party's most loyal supporters and from red state, quote, i share any candidate who gets this group's support should be targeted for destruction by the conservative movement. joining me is editor mark murray. but the reality you and the first read team say this could and perhaps will get ugly here. >> well, it could get ugly. also railroad healthy. this is something that all parties go through after losing elections, particularly losing back to back presidential contests and crossroads, same organization trying to have a new outfit and outshoot saying it comes down to capable candidates versus incompetent ones and sometimes that capability is in the eye of the beholder. there w
the first target could be in iowa where representative steve king is considering running for the congress in 2014 but the head of the conservative fund the conservative defeat project telling politico, another example of the republican establish's hostility toward its conservative base rather than listening to the grass roots and working to advance their principles, the establishment has chosen to declare war on the party's most loyal supporters and from red state, quote, i share any candidate...
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and steve straus had an inspirational tweet. this is why we love small business. i took this photo at a plaza cleaners in portland, oregon. as you can see, it's a sign that says if you're unemployed and need an outfit cleaned for an interview, we will clean it for free. >>> a website slowdown or out age is bad for business. if you're looking for a site monitoring system to let you know about a problem as soon as possible, check out our website of the week. site24x7 is a web service that helps track the performance of websites, online applications and servers. put your url into the dialogue box. it will test your site's performance from over 40 locations around the world. if your website crashes, you can get alerts via text,
and steve straus had an inspirational tweet. this is why we love small business. i took this photo at a plaza cleaners in portland, oregon. as you can see, it's a sign that says if you're unemployed and need an outfit cleaned for an interview, we will clean it for free. >>> a website slowdown or out age is bad for business. if you're looking for a site monitoring system to let you know about a problem as soon as possible, check out our website of the week. site24x7 is a web service...
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. >> steve, did you do that? >> momentum's been completely changed now. >> momentum! it's completely messed up now. >> i hope there are no lip readers because toure's about to lose it. >> i'm out of here. >> yeah. so there was the blackout which was obviously bizarre and i think gave rise to potentially some great harbaugh family practical jokes in the family like at the first family dinner since the super bowl, jack goes and cuts the power as a joke. love that. >> light the producers just did. >> exactly. great guys. thanks. but it also made me think of -- it was like a super bowl brought by stefan. it has everything. brothers. beyonce. blackouts. ray lewis. >> destiny's child. >> right? yes yes yes yes yes. it was so great and weird. but all in all interesting. something to watch i think every, you know, every quarter. >> something for everyone. >> something weird happened. >> there was, those are those memories and thought there was one other professional sports team with a blackout before. >> giants. >> no. it was the boston bruins and the oilers 1980. the old bos
. >> steve, did you do that? >> momentum's been completely changed now. >> momentum! it's completely messed up now. >> i hope there are no lip readers because toure's about to lose it. >> i'm out of here. >> yeah. so there was the blackout which was obviously bizarre and i think gave rise to potentially some great harbaugh family practical jokes in the family like at the first family dinner since the super bowl, jack goes and cuts the power as a joke. love...
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joining us now is steve kornacki, senior writer for salon. it is great to see you. >> great to be here. >> total speculation. do you think scott brown's late-night tweets that sort of seem like drunk tweets, but which don't know and then deleting them and refutesing to comment about it, do you think it's less likely he is going to declare for the seat if he was legitimately conflicted about it? >> i think all indications are that he is going to go. it's not necessarily the smartest political decision. i think the smartest political decision is 2014 governor's race in massachusetts for a whole host of reasons. but behind the scenes you start talking to republicans of massachusetts, they say that he and people around him are taking the steps to get into this thing, probably next week. >> except on saturday night. >> right. >> something very different. >> unless that was a code that he was sending out somehow. >> that's possible. or maybe some kings and queens hacked his account. >> he does hang out with the royalty, right. >> or his shih tzu go
joining us now is steve kornacki, senior writer for salon. it is great to see you. >> great to be here. >> total speculation. do you think scott brown's late-night tweets that sort of seem like drunk tweets, but which don't know and then deleting them and refutesing to comment about it, do you think it's less likely he is going to declare for the seat if he was legitimately conflicted about it? >> i think all indications are that he is going to go. it's not necessarily the...
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steve clemons. watching the hearing with you throughout. up next, senator claire mchaskell just out of today's confirmation hearing. is she going to support chuck hagel? and al gore speaks about the future, his new book, and the controversy surrounding his multimillion-dollar al jazeera deal. my interview with the former vice president. ahead on "andrea mitchell reports." tossing and turning have given way to sleeping. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta®(eszopiclone) can help you get there. like it has for so many people before. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving, or engaging in other activities while asleep, without remembering it the next day, have been reported. lunesta should not be taken together with alcohol. abnormal behaviors may include aggressiveness, agitation, hallucinations, or confusion. in depressed patients, worsening of depression, including risk of suicide, may occur. alcohol may increase these risks. allergic reactions such as
steve clemons. watching the hearing with you throughout. up next, senator claire mchaskell just out of today's confirmation hearing. is she going to support chuck hagel? and al gore speaks about the future, his new book, and the controversy surrounding his multimillion-dollar al jazeera deal. my interview with the former vice president. ahead on "andrea mitchell reports." tossing and turning have given way to sleeping. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and...
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steve king may end up being his replacement. steve king, who coined -- not coined, but uses, you know, with great impugnty the term anchor baby. saxby chambliss is leaving. john d. rockefeller leaving in west virginia. the leading goper is shelly -- murdock, again, we have this example time and time again the seat is offered up. the arch conservatives get their guy, and then maybe ashley judd or someone like her, some democrat from who, what, where, when, how comes in and ends up winning the seat. >> charlize theron is -- >> from south africa. >> oh, sorry. >> there needs to be a reconciliation here, right? as the party becomes more -- the battle lines are drawn with firmer and firmer markers, if you will, how do you build the tent big enough? >> if every republican who looks toward the center and we just have a crazy right, this is not good for our democracy. i mean, that's the bottom line with those constituents. >> iran, you're a betting woman, aren't you? >> could be. >> you could be for this moment in this television moment
steve king may end up being his replacement. steve king, who coined -- not coined, but uses, you know, with great impugnty the term anchor baby. saxby chambliss is leaving. john d. rockefeller leaving in west virginia. the leading goper is shelly -- murdock, again, we have this example time and time again the seat is offered up. the arch conservatives get their guy, and then maybe ashley judd or someone like her, some democrat from who, what, where, when, how comes in and ends up winning the...
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that means so far only two democrats, congressman ed marky and steve lynch have said they're going to make a bid for kerry's seat in the special election. >>> despite a grueling confirmation hearing, the chances of chuck hagel becoming secretary of defense are greater than 24 hours ago because john mccain and three other colleagues of his indicated they would oppose the use of a filibuster to try to block the nomination, rejecting an idea floated over the weekend by senate minority leader mitch mcconnell and others. move by mccain and others now suggest hagel is going to have enough support to be confirm. the nomination is expected to go to the full senate floor this thursday. >>> last night in the book touring supreme court justice sonia sotomayor made a rare television appearance. she was on the colbert report. she talked about her childhood in the bronx, faith in the constitution, but she got a little bit coy when stephen tried to draw her into specifics. >> not all of us believe in the constitution. the second amendment is never to be questioned. do you believe that we have the ri
that means so far only two democrats, congressman ed marky and steve lynch have said they're going to make a bid for kerry's seat in the special election. >>> despite a grueling confirmation hearing, the chances of chuck hagel becoming secretary of defense are greater than 24 hours ago because john mccain and three other colleagues of his indicated they would oppose the use of a filibuster to try to block the nomination, rejecting an idea floated over the weekend by senate minority...
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steve richardson, the spelling richards richardson. sure you all know wally olson o-l-s-o-n. hugh mccall, h-u-g-h, mccall m-c-c-a-l-l. thank you. >> so we're just hearing from -- what appears to be a public relations spokesperson explaining that in five minutes a press conference will be taking place. gabe gutierrez is our correspondent on the ground. gabe, go ahead. >> reporter: hi, martin. how are you? certainly a lot of excitement here as people await this news conference. i was able to confirm with local law enforcement that the child is alive and the suspect is dead at this point. and right now i am joined by michael, one of the local pastors that really has been so involved in this entire ordeal and comforting so many people in this community. pastor, tell me what have you heard and what is the sentiment around here right now? >> well, you know, there's excitement to hear that the young man seemingly is okay from all indications, and there's also like an eerie quiet around here because of the passing of mr. dykes as we have heard. so, you know, you hear the good and you
steve richardson, the spelling richards richardson. sure you all know wally olson o-l-s-o-n. hugh mccall, h-u-g-h, mccall m-c-c-a-l-l. thank you. >> so we're just hearing from -- what appears to be a public relations spokesperson explaining that in five minutes a press conference will be taking place. gabe gutierrez is our correspondent on the ground. gabe, go ahead. >> reporter: hi, martin. how are you? certainly a lot of excitement here as people await this news conference. i was...
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within one hour, host steve ducey, kwent inwent into damage mode. >>> a facelift for the site? really? >> showing off this glamorous new face. faceli facelift, perhaps? >> that doesn't sound like a facelift for the web site to me. especially when you're showing a split screen of hillary's face from the new site compared to a photo of her label two weeks ago. i think it's time to send out a new tweet. the only appearance they should be worrying about at fox is their own. did they think we wouldn't say their sexist about face? nice try, nice try. but face this fact. we gotchya. [ male announcer ] here's a word that could give you peace of mind. unbiased. some brokerage firms are. but way too many aren't. some of the ones that push mutual funds with their names on them -- aren't. why? because selling their funds makes them more money. which makes you wonder -- isn't that a conflict? am i in the best fund for me, or them? search "proprietary mutual funds". yikes, it's best for them. then go to e-trade. we've got over 8,000 mutual funds and not one of them has our name on it. why? b
within one hour, host steve ducey, kwent inwent into damage mode. >>> a facelift for the site? really? >> showing off this glamorous new face. faceli facelift, perhaps? >> that doesn't sound like a facelift for the web site to me. especially when you're showing a split screen of hillary's face from the new site compared to a photo of her label two weeks ago. i think it's time to send out a new tweet. the only appearance they should be worrying about at fox is their own. did...
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. >> steve, something to watch closely. yet, again, they have billions of users. who knows how it's going to end up. let us know why you're awake. shoot us an e-mail at "way too early." can you tweet me. we'll read the best responses later in the show. >>> still ahead on "way too early," the man behind the hoax speaks out. manti te'o's fake lover tells dr. phil why he spent years pretending to be a girl. very disturbing. and that's next in sports. >>> plus, a leaked super bowl ad that is offensive and racist by some is being defended by an unlikely source. that story and a check on all the crazy weather around this country when "way too early" comes right back. >>> a new family of new atomic weapons is perfected and the greatest of these is the h bomb, the hydrogen bomb, the super bomb. hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! wow. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. or that printing in color had to cost a fortune
. >> steve, something to watch closely. yet, again, they have billions of users. who knows how it's going to end up. let us know why you're awake. shoot us an e-mail at "way too early." can you tweet me. we'll read the best responses later in the show. >>> still ahead on "way too early," the man behind the hoax speaks out. manti te'o's fake lover tells dr. phil why he spent years pretending to be a girl. very disturbing. and that's next in sports. >>>...
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over in iowa, steve king isn't ruling out a run. he's currently pushing a bill to stop what he calls anchor babies. but what can i say about this next possible candidate for new jersey? >> there can be a new vitalization of the republican party concept where we extolled the vir which yous of the good business and fiscal policy. >> i'll be here every friday until such time as it's no longer legal. >> geraldo rivera leading the gop comeback? i don't think so. joining me now is e.j. e.j., thavnnks for coming on tonight. >> good to be with you, reverend. >> first, what do you make of scott brown's decision? >> i think it's a good decision for him. and i think democrats are very gleeful. if they dance jigs, i think harry reid is dancing one. he was the one candidate who could win that seat. he was running even or slightly ahead of markey. and while i think he was not as strong as he was going to be, he was when he first won. if the mood got a little bit bad on president obama, he could have won it again. he's smart to be running for gove
over in iowa, steve king isn't ruling out a run. he's currently pushing a bill to stop what he calls anchor babies. but what can i say about this next possible candidate for new jersey? >> there can be a new vitalization of the republican party concept where we extolled the vir which yous of the good business and fiscal policy. >> i'll be here every friday until such time as it's no longer legal. >> geraldo rivera leading the gop comeback? i don't think so. joining me now is...